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Subject: Re: Winchester Harbor posting starts

Author:
Wes

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Date Posted: 09:14:18 04/30/13 Tue
In reply to: Reinhard 's message, "Re: Winchester Harbor posting starts" on 13:03:19 04/29/13 Mon

>>I just posted the first chapter of Winchester Harbor.
>>There are 36 chapters.
>
>In chapter 3, Jake told: "Anyway, they kept bugging me
>about what my problem was, and finally I told them if
>they wanted to know what my problem was they ought to
>go ask Brittany, since she knew exactly what it was."
>
>Why didn't Jake tell that he saw Brittany cheating on
>him instead of just ranting away? Then he wouldn't
>have had the fallout with his family, didn't have to
>leave, and the whole silly book needn't have to be
>written.

Yeah, but then I wouldn't have a story . . . and they're hard enough to come up with as it is.

From Jake's viewpoint, it's a combination of pride and the idea that Brittany is such a fair haired girl in his families eyes that they wouldn't believe him anyway. The women in his family would see anything that happened as his fault, and he knows it isn't.

It's one of those things that doesn't have to make sense.

-- Wes

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Author:
Reinhard
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Date Posted: 11:22:20 07/04/13 Thu

>>>I just posted the first chapter of Winchester Harbor.
>>>There are 36 chapters.
>>
>>In chapter 3, Jake told: "Anyway, they kept bugging me
>>about what my problem was, and finally I told them if
>>they wanted to know what my problem was they ought to
>>go ask Brittany, since she knew exactly what it was."
>>
>>Why didn't Jake tell that he saw Brittany cheating on
>>him instead of just ranting away? Then he wouldn't
>>have had the fallout with his family, didn't have to
>>leave, and the whole silly book needn't have to be
>>written.
>
>Yeah, but then I wouldn't have a story . . .

Yeah and thar's the point. The whole story centered ebout how boneheaded Jake could be and how may women he could fuck at the same time, and hardly anything else. I hope your next story will be up to your former standards.

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Author:
Paul
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Date Posted: 08:08:33 07/06/13 Sat

>>>>I just posted the first chapter of Winchester
>Harbor.
>>>>There are 36 chapters.
>>>
>>>In chapter 3, Jake told: "Anyway, they kept bugging
>me
>>>about what my problem was, and finally I told them if
>>>they wanted to know what my problem was they ought to
>>>go ask Brittany, since she knew exactly what it was."
>>>
>>>Why didn't Jake tell that he saw Brittany cheating on
>>>him instead of just ranting away? Then he wouldn't
>>>have had the fallout with his family, didn't have to
>>>leave, and the whole silly book needn't have to be
>>>written.
>>
>>Yeah, but then I wouldn't have a story . . .
>
>Yeah and thar's the point. The whole story centered
>ebout how boneheaded Jake could be and how may women
>he could fuck at the same time, and hardly anything
>else. I hope your next story will be up to your
>former standards.

Having just finished reading Winchester harbor, I really must disagree. It seems to me that you made up your mind before the whole story was even finished. But to each there own.

I think you have to remember the time frame for this story (late 70's early 80's) and what Jake had experienced prior to arriving in Winchester harbor. IMO he was searching for some kind of purpose and direction after leaving the Navy and having his plans shattered with Brittany's cheating. As the story progressed you could see that he had come to love getting out in the Chinook or on the Pixie. It was pretty obvious to me that he and Rachel would end up together about half way through the story but I couldn't way to see how it happened.

I enjoyed the whole story and am thrilled to see that we now have an entirely new cast of characters and locations to enjoy in future stories.